Banana bread is always a good use for overripe bananas. But this vegan Chocolate Peanut Butter Banana Bread is everything you’ve ever wanted! Drizzle it with more peanut butter sauce, just because!
In this recipe, I’ve combined two of my recent food addictions: Banana Bread and the magical combination of chocolate and peanut butter. The chocolate banana bread has peanut butter swirls on top and if that wasn’t enough, you’ll end up with more peanut butter sauce than you need for the swirls – so drizzling more peanut butter sauce on top is the way to go. You’re welcome! ;)
The banana bread is moist, luscious and sweetened only with bananas and maple syrup.
It does not contain eggs or dairy. But you won’t notice the difference. It’s just as delicious, soft and fluffy! People always ask me how I can bake without eggs, I just don’t use them, that’s how ;) I don’t know why everyone thinks you need eggs to bake. The bananas in this recipe will do the trick just fine. You don’t need eggs or any weird egg-replacement for binding.
If you’re a lover of chocolate and peanut butter, this one’s for you.
How to check if the banana bread is done
There’s a simple trick to how to check if your banana bread is baked all the way through. Use a thin wooden stick or toothpick and stick it into the center of your banana bread. If it comes out clean – with only a few crumbs on it – it’s done. If it comes out with batter on it – bake it longer and try it again later. You can read more about the kitchen hack and see it explained with photos here.
Vegan Chocolate Peanut Butter Banana Bread
Ingredients
Ingredients
- 4 very ripe bananas
- 3/4 cup plant-based milk e.g. rice milk
- 1 tablespoon coconut oil , liquid
- 1/4 cup maple syrup *
- 2 cups whole wheat flour (or use all-purpose flour)
- 1/2 cup cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 pinch salt
Ingredients for the peanut butter sauce
- 2 tablespoons peanut butter
- 1 teaspoon maple syrup
- hot water to thin it out
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 320°F/160°C and line a loaf pan** with parchment paper.
- Peel the bananas, add them to a large bowl and mash them. To the bananas, add the plant-based milk, coconut oil and maple syrup. Give it a quick mix.
- Add the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda, and a pinch of salt to the wet ingredients and whisk everything together.
- Pour the batter into the loaf pan lined with parchment paper.
- For the peanut butter sauce, simply whisk together the peanut butter and maple syrup and thin it out with hot water until drizzable. Add 1-2 tablespoons of the sauce to the batter in the loaf pan and swirl around a bit.
- Bake it in the oven for about 1 hour or until golden brown on the top. You can use a wooden stick to test if your banana bread is done in the middle.
- Drizzle with more peanut butter sauce before serving!
Notes
Nutrition
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Rebecca Strength and Sunshine
Banana bread perfection! I love that sweet swirly peanut butter sauce!
Bianca
The more peanut butter sauce, the better :) <3
Marilyn k
I haven’t made it yet but,could you tell me how long baking should be for 3×7 7/8 mini loaves would be?my sister suggested coffee instead of water for the sauce.thanks for the help.
Bianca
Hey Marilyn,
mini loaves won’t take that long – I’m guessing 20-30 minutes! The top should be crackling and the bottom shouldn’t feel dense but light, then they’re done!
Marilyn K
Thank you. Made it last night for a brunch.had good comments. Took some to my Doctor.anyway. My loaf pan was to small,needed a larger pan, might mention that and I guess I’m a real dork,I didn’t know when to put the sauce on till it was done so I did it before and after… duh. Think this is going to keep on coming. Will share your site. Thank you.Marilyn
Bianca
Thank you for the wonderful review, Marilyn! Glad you all enjoyed it!
Natalie | Feasting on Fruit
OMG!! You didn’t even have to drizzle more peanut butter goodness on top but you did and it looks glorious! And what would we do without the toothpick/skewer trick? Loaf breads can be so tricky to tell if they’re done, and nothing is worse then when it has a sunken crater in the middle a few minutes after pulling it out of the oven. This loaf is filled with so many flavor favorites, send me a slice asap pleeeeeeease <3
Bianca
I always feel like banana breads are suuuper tricky to tell if they’re done, because of the soft texture from the bananas – so the toothpick method definitely helps with that. Hahaha and NOT adding more peanut butter sauce on top wasn’t really an option. It was even still a bit warm .. warm peanut butter sauce heaven it was – soaked up by warm chocolate nana bread. Mhhh I have to make it again soon :D Come to Austria and I’ll make you a whole loaf :P
Angela St.
Hi, I tried the recipe with ripe apricots (instead of bananas) and it works! Thanks for that great idea.
Bianca
Hi Angie, I’m happy to hear that it worked with apricots too :) That’s such a great substitution idea because there are so many people who don’t like bananas! :)
Madison Sue Robbins
I made it. I tasted it. I went back to this page to see if i missed sugar. WHERE IS THE SUGAR?! It would’ve been soo good with sugar. I can’t believe i didnt notice there wasn’t any in the ingredients list.
Bianca
Hi Madison, this banana bread is sweetened with maple syrup and the very ripe bananas add sweetness too. It’s a shame it wasn’t sweet enough for you, did the bananas have black spots when you used them? Maybe they weren’t ripe enough for banana bread yet.
Jacinta
Loved this recipe. I added a half cup of sugar when i made it the second time to appease the hubby. The sauce is the bomb.
Bianca
Glad you liked it!! :) I should add a recipe note about that sugar though :D
Hope
Sugar is definitely a necessity unless you enjoy really bitter chocolate taste. Was very good other than that!
Rachel
I put my bread in for an hr at 320 and it was still very raw! Took nearly two hours to cook not sure what the issue was.
Bianca
Hi Rachel, each oven is a bit different, so I wouldn’t worry too much about it. You could crank up the heat to 350°F. My loaf pan is 10 x 4.7 inch, so if you’re using a smaller loaf pan, this would mean a longer baking time as well. I hope you enjoyed it nonetheless!
Nidhi
Can you substitute rice milk with soy milk??
Bianca
absolutely! :)
Elise
It’s in the oven now and I’m counting down until I can dig in! Thank you for the recipe! :)
Bianca
Ohhh, I hope you enjoyed the Banana Bread! :)
Roxy
I went on Pinterest to find a healthy Quinoa salad but ran in to this. Forget the salad!!
Bianca
hahahaa :D OMG, Roxy!
Lana
Hello!
I made this last night, I didn’t have really ripe bananas, but I was so into making this asap so I couldnt wait for them to ripen little more, I was looking forward to make your banana bread for days LOL, I couldn’t help it, so that happened last night… I put all the peanut butter sauce on top of the dough, and I made a ganache out of mini choco chips and some more peanut butter. I brought banana bread with me to work today, and had it for breakfast with some tea, and it was amazing! Thank you for the recipe. I cant wait to bake this again. I am gonna swirl little better next time. It is so moist and fresh and every bite is so darn delicious.
Bianca
I’m so happy to hear that, Lana! Thank you so much for the great review! :) Were the work colleagues jealous? :D
Lana
They ate everything,grrrr… luckily i have 2 pieces left at home..so the whole loaf is almost finished. Amazing!
Bianca
hahaha :D did you tell them it’s vegan before or after they ate it? A few years back when veganism wasn’t that popular, when I said something is vegan, people didn’t even dare to try it, they thought they’d die of protein deficiency immediately :D
Svetlana
Nooo, I didn’t tell them, I am not a vegan myself either. My colleague asked me today if i still had some leftovers of yesterday’s “cake” , I had to disappoint him, I had last three pieces for myself with the cup of tea. It was amazing!
One more thing tho, I actually put less maple syrup, i put like 1.5 tablespoons, and that was enough for me. I like the taste that is somewhat in between sweet and natural.
I cant wait to bake again.
Bianca
Ah thanks for the info! I was thinking I was going crazy, because people told me that it’s way less too sweet, but it was just sweet enough for me. Tastes are just different :)
Peg Haust-Arliss
Look forward to making this for Monday! Merry Christmas!
The Rural Vegan
Bianca
Yeay! Hope you enjoy! And a merry Christmas to you too!
Maia
My banana bread does not anymore :) I don’t know what I did wrong but it recently turns out flat.
Bianca
if it turns out flat, maybe the baking powder is expired?
May Ann
I haven’t checked but will make sure the next one I make will be in date. I’m fairly new at baking so thank you for making awesome recipes! \m/
Jennifer Capone
Can I use any maple syrup or can I use sugar instead
Bianca
You can absolutely use your favorite sugar! White, brown, coconut :) Maybe you’ll have to add a bit more milk to balance out the wet to dry ingredients.
Nikki Moran
I tried to make this and I baked it for about and hour and 45 minutes and the knife was still coming out sticky and the crust just got burnt. Not exactly sure what went wrong, I followed everything to the T and still came out so mushy on the inside :(
Bianca
Oh, I’m sorry to hear that, Nikki. Maybe your oven is just more powerful than mine. I’d recommend reducing the temperature the next time and maybe place the banana bread on a lower rack (that way the top shouldn’t get burned). Also, in case you’re using a smaller loaf pan, reduce the amounts of the ingredients, otherwise the banana bread will be higher and therefore will take longer to bake! :) Hope it turns out better next time.
Aaron
Is there any way to bake this without the baking powder or any substitutes I could use?
Bianca
I don’t know why but after take off from the oven it became withered. What should be the reason ?
Anenid
Moist, sweet enough (for me) cake! I am thinking of adding peanut butter in the batter too since it was so delicious!
Thank you for the wonderful plant-based recipes!